Improvement in shoulder-pads



G. J. SGHEU. Shoulder-Pad.

No.2o'7,2i|. Payemeq Aug. 20,1378.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED, STATES PATENT DFFIGE.

GQTTLOB' SGHEU, PF WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOULDER-PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,211, dated August 2( 1878; application filed I July 1, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gor'rLoB J. Serum, of Washington, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Shoulder-Pad, of which the:

following is a specification: I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents. a perspective view of my improved.

shoulder-pad, shown as applied to a garment.

I Fig. 2 is a top view .of the shoulder-pad detached, and Fig. 3 is a detail top view of the connecting ends of the spring-bands of the pad.

time lighter, cooler, and more comfortable garments for wear. By the shoulder-pad shoulders of unequal height may be equalized, and all wadding or stiifening, which-shows by wear as it adapts itsflllf to the shape of the shoulder, is done away 4 The shoulder pad is equally well adapted for garments of light or of heavy fabrics, and can be applied even to skeleton-garments withouta lining of any kind. i The invention consists of an adjustable pad, made of a lower spring-band, with end sockets or holes bent over the shoulder, and of a second spring-band that is' set by its ends into the socket-holes of the lower band, and pro-- vided with a vcenter-piece at right angles thereto for supporting a stiifre-enforced layer that is connected by a lower inclined portion to the lower spring-band. I

Referring to the drawings, A is a spring- 7 band, of whalebone, steel, or other material,

which is provided at both ends with a number of socket-holes, a, into which the ends b of a second spring-band, B, of about the gular layer, D, of suitable fabric, which is reenforced by a stifi'ening lining.

The lower spring-band, A, is connected with the ire-enforced piece D by a lower inclined v piece,D', of the same shape as the upper piece, the lower piece being stitched to the upper piece at both sides from the end of the center- ,brace up to a point at some distance from the springs. v p The shoulder-pad is applied to anycoat by bending the lower spring and attaching its ends, as well as the end of the center piece, into pockets at the inside of the coat or other garment, orby sewing it fast thereto, so as to extend over the shoulder, and form, with the lower piece of fabric, the support for the upper spring andre-enforced layer.

The upper spring is adjusted inthe socketholes of the lower spring according to the shape of the shoulder, being m'adeto bulge out more or less according as a greater or less space has to be filled up for equalizing the shoulders and giving a square appearance to the same.

The pad is specially useful for unlined garments, as it makes them' smooth both at front and back, and adds greatly to the shape of' bust and carriage. I

The pad divides the weight of the garment equally over the entire shoulder, and fur-' nishes thereby an easy and light support for the same. It is cool, and adds but littlete the cost and weight of the garment, as all stufl? ing can be left off. Y

The padscanbe applied to ready-made ments and fitted for all shoulders except those that are too high already.

I am aware that shoulder-pads made of a.

band and triangular layer, and of an upper adadjustable spring-band with center-brace at right angles thereto, and with a re-enforced upper layer connected to lower layer, substan tially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the lower springband, having socket-holes at both. ends, with the adjustable upper spring-band, having ends fitting into the holes for setting the upper spring higher or lower on the lower spring,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

GOTTLOB JOSEPH SOHEU. Witnesses:

r J M. RALSTON,

D. M. DONEHOE. 

